Fort Pierce vs White City

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Pierce and White City: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Pierce and White City are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Pierce has the higher population (48,094 vs 5,373 in White City). White City has the higher median household income ($96,042 vs $46,745 in Fort Pierce). White City has the higher median home value ($350,800 vs $220,500 in Fort Pierce).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Pierce	White City
Population	48,094	5,373
Median age	38.0 yrs	56.5 yrs
Median household income	$46,745	$96,042
Median home value	$220,500	$350,800
Median gross rent	$1,194	$1,305
Housing units	22,708	1,988
Homeownership rate	48.9%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Pierce	White City
Population	45,329 → 48,094 (+6.1%)	4,464 → 5,373 (+20.4%)
Median household income	$35,198 → $46,745 (+32.8%)	$58,016 → $96,042 (+65.5%)
Median home value	$113,600 → $220,500 (+94.1%)	$215,700 → $350,800 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$943 → $1,194 (+26.6%)	$1,131 → $1,305 (+15.4%)

Fort Pierce

Population

45,32948,094

Median household income

$35,198$46,745

Median home value

$113,600$220,500

Median gross rent

$943$1,194

White City

Population

4,4645,373

Median household income

$58,016$96,042

Median home value

$215,700$350,800

Median gross rent

$1,131$1,305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Pierce	White City
Under 5	7.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	17.0%	8.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.7%
35 to 44	10.2%	7.4%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	13.8%	25.3%
75 and over	7.6%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Pierce	White City
White (non-Hispanic)	33.0%	84.2%
Black or African American	41.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.1%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.7%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Pierce	White City
No high school diploma	22.4%	11.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	43.3%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Pierce	White City
Drove alone	70.0%	63.3%
Carpooled	14.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	30.0%
Other means	1.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Pierce	White City
1-unit, detached	40.9%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	22.3%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Pierce	White City
Poverty rate	26.2%	5.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1981	1980